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Fla. Governor To Announce Gun Law Task Force
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Florida's governor will announce Thursday morning who will be part of a task force that will look at the state's gun laws in the aftermath of the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Updated: 04/19/2012 08:44A
Elder: Five Myths of the 'Racist' Criminal Justice System
1 law enforcement officer -- it must, therefore, be true. Let's examine five major assumptions behind this assertion. 1) Blacks are arrested at higher rates compared to whites -- but wrongly so. Not true. While only 13 percent of the population,
Updated: 04/19/2012 08:27A
Florida Governor to announce gun law task force in wake of Trayvon Martin death
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Florida's governor will announce Thursday morning who will be part of a task force that will look at the state's gun laws in the aftermath of the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Updated: 04/19/2012 08:04A
Hannah Stuart: Forced marriage should be a crime
It's time to use the criminal law to put teeth into that statement. National Post Hannah Stuart is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE / AFP / Getty Images.
Updated: 04/19/2012 08:02A
Governor To Announce Gun Law Task Force In Wake Of Trayvon Martin Death
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Florida's governor will announce Thursday morning who will be part of a task force that will look at the state's gun laws in the aftermath of the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Updated: 04/19/2012 08:01A
The REAL COLOMBIA SCANDAL: When Bedding Prostitutes Is Worse Than Crimes
That Obama and Panetta appeared to react with indignation to the latest scandal out of Afghanistan is less about genuine concern for moral decency and international law. After all, these two politicians stand as criminals under international law
Updated: 04/19/2012 07:47A
The REAL COLOMBIA SCANDAL: When Bedding Prostitutes Is Worse Than Crimes
That Obama and Panetta appeared to react with indignation to the latest scandal out of Afghanistan is less about genuine concern for moral decency and international law. After all, these two politicians stand as criminals under international law
Updated: 04/19/2012 07:47A
Criminals won't scare away tourists – Lubinda
The minister has however called on law enforcement agencies to quickly bring to book the suspected criminals who killed a Spanish pilot resident in Zambia and a security guard at a named lodge in Livingstone. A day after the killings, the bandits broke
Updated: 04/19/2012 07:44A
Legal news in brief - 19 April 2012
Police officers are exploiting a loophole in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) in order to interview suspects without allowing them the guidance of a solicitor, according to the Law Society. Under PACE, all suspects are entitled to have
Updated: 04/19/2012 07:33A
'Spl focus on cases involving influential people'
but at the same time any blanket direction to set up special courts whenever such personalities are involved should be avoided, the Law Commission has said. The panel also said that though there could be special focus on the criminal cases
Updated: 04/19/2012 07:32A
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